An Attic black-figure lekythos
Attributed to the Athena Painter, circa 525-475 B.C.
Depicting an aulos-player performing in competition, standing on a podium in profile, clad in a tunic, flanked by two bearded judges wearing himations and holding staffs, their heads bowed, framed by two Doric columns, vine tendrils in the field, two rows of dots above, palmettes and a band of tongues around the shoulder, details in added white, 30.8cm high注脚Provenance:
W.E. Rouse Boughton F.R.S. (1788-1856) collection, UK; and thence by descent.
The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 3 July 1996, lot 188 (part).
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired at the above sale.
Beazley Archive vase no. 20367.

For a similar lekythos attributed to the Athena Painter, also depicting an aulos-player, see the white-ground example in the Nicholson Museum, Sydney, acc. no. 51.12, Beazley Archive vase no. 330761.